[posterchild]

I’d like to see ‘marriage’ reserved for religious institutions and a mere ‘civil union’ be the only thing a government can confer.

[cyclotic]

I’m starting to agree with you. Civil marriage with government permission is a relatively new phenomenon, mainly for taxation purposes.

A marriage before God is more valuable.

[Alberta's Child]

I prefer to see the approach that was considered a couple of years ago in Oklahoma ... where the state legislature had drafted a bill to stop issuing marriage licenses and eliminate all references to "marriage" from the state code.

This is the best way to deal with the introduction of abominations like "gay marriage" in the law.